Tourism

12 countries close embassies in North Korea due to shortage of essential goods and medicine

Only nine ambassadors and four charges d’affaires are representing their countries in North Korea now All foreign personnel of international humanitarian organizations have left North Korea The personnel of the majority of Embassies working here has been reduced to a minimum Not everyone can tolerate the unprecedentedly strict total restrictions, the sharpest shortage of essential […]

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Vaccination of the tourism sector has commenced in Belize

Belize Tourism Board confirms that the second phase of the National Covid-19 Immunization campaign has began on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 8,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine are being made available for Belize tourism sector Campaign will initially target frontline workers considered to be at high risk Those that are 40 years and older will […]

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Deutsche Lufthansa AG announces virtual Annual General Meeting on May 4

The meeting will be held virtually, recognizing the need to apply current infection control regulations to protect the health of shareholders Shareholders can submit questions to the Executive Board until May 2nd Three Supervisory Board members are up for election The Annual General Meeting will be broadcast live Today, Deutsche Lufthansa AG invited its shareholders […]

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Travel and Tourism deal activity declined 3.8 percent in February 2021

Travel & tourism sector remained the worst hit in 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions bringing business travels to a halt The announcement of private equity and venture financing deals decreased during February Fresh wave of outbreak in some countries is also affecting deal-making sentiments Deal activity remained subdued in key markets such […]

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France expands regional COVID-19 lockdown measures to entire country

Only essential retailers, such as supermarkets, will be allowed to remain open, and curfews will be in place from 7pm to 6am The tougher lockdown measures will now be extended to the whole of France for four weeks All face-to-face teaching in schools will be suspended from Monday Travel for the entire population will be […]

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Alaska Airlines officially joins oneworld alliance

Alaska Airlines becomes 14th full member of the oneworld global alliance Oneworld alliance transforms Alaska into a truly global airline Alaska will add seven new airline partners and enhance its six existing partnerships with oneworld member Alaska Mileage Plan members can earn miles when they fly any of the other 13 member airlines Marking a […]

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Thailand expecting 2 million tourists in second half of 2021

The Thailand government expects about 2 million foreign tourists to visit Phuket this year after the island reopens to vaccinated visitors from July 1. For the first time in more than a year, Thaialnd will allow visitors without the mandatory 2-week quarantine. The government anticipates finalizing agreements and vaccine passports with various countries soon to […]

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Skål 2021 Quebec World Congress postponed

The President of Skål International, Bill Rheaume, just announced that the Skål International Quebec World Congress originally scheduled for October has been postponed until December of this year. As the world slowly begins to pull out of the COVID-19 crisis, events and travel have been put back on the front burner. The world still has […]

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Aviation policies new US Secretary of Transportation will and should pursue

Kenneth Quinn, Principal at International Aviation Law PLLC in the Washington D.C. Metro Area, spoke with several aviation industry leaders after the announcement Pete Buttigieg would serve as the 19th US Secretary of Transportation having been sworn in on February 3, 2021. Former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg was named President-elect Joe Biden’s Transportation […]